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Novel Flavors, Flavor Modifiers, Tastants, Taste Enhancers, Umami or Sweet Tastants, And/Or Enhancers and Use Thereof

US 8,895,050 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 6, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Dec 23, 2011 as application 13/336,272 · Granted Nov 25, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 6, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2004
Term ended
Aug 6, 2024
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 6, 2004, when application 10/913,303, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2011)Aug 6, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 6, 2024High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 21, 2014
Reel 32270, frame 535
Tachdjian, Catherine; Patron, Andrew P.; Adamski-werner, Sara L.; Bakir, Farid; Chen, Qing; Darmohusodo, Vincent; Hobson, Stephen Terrence; Li, Xiaodong; Qi, Ming; Rinnova, Marketa; Servant, Guy; Tang, Xiao-qing; Zoller, Mark; Wallace, David; Xing, Amy; Gubernator, KlausSenomyx, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 21, 2014
Reel 32321, frame 1
Rogers, Daniel H.Senomyx, Inc.Employee Proprietary Information and Inventors Agreement Between Daniel H. Rogers and Senomyx Inc. in View of MR. Rogers' Refusal to Execute an Assignment of Rights of U.S. Utility Application 13/336,272

Sources

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